Cabinet Office

Handling Members’ Correspondence in 2014

Lord Bridges of Headley: My Right Honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Oliver Letwin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: I am today publishing a report on the performance of Departments and Agencies on handling correspondence from Members and Peers during the calendar year 2014.Details are set out in the table below. Correspondence statistics for 2013 can be found on 13 May 2014, Official Report, Column Ref: 17WS.Departmental figures are based on substantive replies unless otherwise indicated. The footnotes to the table provide general background information on how the figures have been compiled.Correspondence from MP/Peers to Ministers and Agency Chief Executives 2014 (1)Department or AgencyTarget set for reply (working days)Number of letters received% of replies within targetAttorney General’s Office2043482Department for Business, Innovation and Skills156,38281- Insolvency Service158787- Intellectual Property Office10580- Land Registry1515192- Met Office1010-Ordnance Survey154100-Skills Funding Agency1066399Cabinet Office153,25771Charity Commission1522589Department for Communities and Local Government108,57442- Planning Inspectorate1085386Crown Prosecution Service2045098Department for Culture, Media and Sport203,63885Ministry of Defence203,74667Department for Education1514,18970Department of Energy and Climate Change155,04666Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1510,59572- Animal and Plant Health Agency152665- Rural Payments Agency1510085Food Standards Agency (*)2017587(*) FSA Ministers replies2010185(*) FSA Chair/CE replies207490Foreign and Commonwealth Office2011,64988Department of Health1817,93297- Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency182796- Public Health England184298Home Office156,52966- UK Visas & Immigration/Immigration Enforcement/Border Force2045,20689- Her Majesty's Passport Office (2)153,128Jan - Aug: 71Sep - Dec: 63Department for International Development153,10392Ministry of Justice153.41964- HM Courts Service and Tribunals Service (*)   (*) Where Ministers replied1578558(*) Where CEO replied1532394- National Archives (*)   (*) Where Ministers replied151876(*) Where CEO replied1010100- National Offender Management Service   (*) Where Ministers replied151,14872(*) Where CEO replied2031897- Office of the Public Guardian (*)   (*) Where Ministers replied155883(*) Where CEO replied107297- Official Solicitor and Public Trustee151656Northern Ireland Office1540468Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Schools1536780Office of Advocate General157195Office of Gas and Electricity Markets1545671Office of the Leader of the House of Commons1513981Office of the Leader of the House of Lords1510396Office of Rail Regulation205178OFWAT (Water Services Regulation Authority)106894Scotland Office1530371Serious Fraud Office206083Department for Transport208,22795- Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency73,01099- Driving Standards Agency1012898HM Treasury158,24252- H M Revenue and Customs (*)1510,992 (*) Where Ministers replied152,16165(*) Where CEO replied158,83181Treasury Solicitor's Department1019100Wales Office158097Department for Work and Pensions2016,54283- Child Maintenance Group (3)1595899- Health and Safety Executive1516295- Human Resources153697- Director General152,59385  (1) Departments and Agencies which received 10 MPs/Peers letters or fewer are not shown in this table. Holding or interim replies are not included unless otherwise indicated. The report does not include correspondence considered as Freedom of Information requests. (2) The format used to report MP case performance was changed in September. From January to August 2014, HMPO reported performance of cases received each month. From September onwards, this has changed to performance of cases dispatched each month, regardless of the month they were received.  (3) Child Maintenance figures are shown separately although they also come under the remit of the Director General Operations


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Cabinet Committees and Implementation Taskforces Membership List

Lord Bridges of Headley: My Right Honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Oliver Letwin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Today I am publishing an updated Cabinet Committees list. Alongside the Committees, the Prime Minister has created ten Implementation Taskforces to monitor and drive delivery of the Government’s most important cross-cutting priorities. I have placed a copy of the new list in Libraries of both Houses.



Cabinet Committee List
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